By Ayaan Mohamud (author)
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New from the author of the acclaimed You Think You Know Me.
A story of shared blood and bad blood, endings and beginnings...
Safiya has struggled to pick up the pieces of her family since her dad left them and moved to Somalia. She refuses to trust in love, despite wishing she could fall for boy-next-door Yusuf... And then her dad moves back to town with his new family, shattering her life all over again.
Halima doesn't want to move to England. She resents her stepdad for dropping her in a strange new life with a new language to learn - replacing her friends with bullies who set out to shame her.
When the girls are thrown together at school, it's hate at first sight. But as they uncover life-changing secrets from their parents' past, they begin to realize...
What if the key to all their problems lies in their sisterhood?
"A powerful new voice." The Guardian
Ayaan Mohamud wrote her first ever book in lockdown and during NaNoWriMo, while also studying as a medical student, and it became her debut novel. It was inspired by her own experiences of Islamophobia and a desire to write about Somali culture, which she hopes to shine more of a light on in YA. She lives in London and can usually be found either writing or complaining about writing.
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New from the author of the acclaimed You Think You Know Me.A story of shared blood and bad blood, endings and beginnings...Safiya has struggled to pick up the pieces of her family since her dad left them and moved to Somalia. She refuses to trust in love, despite wishing she could fall for boy-next-door Yusuf...
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Thread That Connects Us and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
The Thread That Connects Us features in the following genres: School Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Stories about Family and Friends, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations
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The Thread That Connects Us was written by Ayaan Mohamud and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. an imprint of Usborne Publishing
The Thread That Connects Us has 396 pages
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